diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'src/buffer.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/buffer.c | 23 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/buffer.c b/src/buffer.c index 5a6bfcba060..67192b4843b 100644 --- a/src/buffer.c +++ b/src/buffer.c @@ -5600,7 +5600,8 @@ Format with `format-mode-line' to produce a string value. */); doc: /* Local (mode-specific) abbrev table of current buffer. */); DEFVAR_PER_BUFFER ("abbrev-mode", ¤t_buffer->abbrev_mode, Qnil, - doc: /* Non-nil turns on automatic expansion of abbrevs as they are inserted. */); + doc: /* Non-nil if Abbrev mode is enabled. +Use the command `abbrev-mode' to change this variable. */); DEFVAR_PER_BUFFER ("case-fold-search", ¤t_buffer->case_fold_search, Qnil, @@ -6098,11 +6099,23 @@ to the value obtained by calling `current-time'. If the buffer has never been shown in a window, the value is nil. */); DEFVAR_LISP ("transient-mark-mode", &Vtransient_mark_mode, - doc: /* */); + doc: /* Non-nil if Transient Mark mode is enabled. +See the command `transient-mark-mode' for a description of this minor mode. + +Non-nil also enables highlighting of the region whenever the mark is active. +The variable `highlight-nonselected-windows' controls whether to highlight +all windows or just the selected window. + +If the value is `lambda', that enables Transient Mark mode temporarily. +After any subsequent action that would normally deactivate the mark +\(such as buffer modification), Transient Mark mode is turned off. + +If the value is (only . OLDVAL), that enables Transient Mark mode +temporarily. After any subsequent point motion command that is not +shift-translated, or any other action that would normally deactivate +the mark (such as buffer modification), the value of +`transient-mark-mode' is set to OLDVAL. */); Vtransient_mark_mode = Qnil; - /* The docstring is in simple.el. If we put it here, it would be - overwritten when transient-mark-mode is defined using - define-minor-mode. */ DEFVAR_LISP ("inhibit-read-only", &Vinhibit_read_only, doc: /* *Non-nil means disregard read-only status of buffers or characters. |